Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush once compared the glue used to bond the doomed Titan submarine to “peanut butter.”

Rush issued a statement in a 2018 video on the company’s YouTube channel, saying the glue used on the submarine was “pretty thick, so it’s like peanut butter, unlike Elmer’s glue.” Stated.

The ship’s deceased chief executive also said the ship’s carbon-fibre hull design was “very simple” and “if it fails, there isn’t much recovery.”

The submarine sailed off St. John’s, Newfoundland on 18 June, but lost contact with the mothership less than two hours after beginning its descent to search for the wreckage of the Titanic. The wreckage of the exploded Titan was found days later near the infamous shipwreck.

Questions about submarine safety were raised not only in the immediate aftermath, but years before the failed mission. At least part of the submarine’s electrical system is said to have been designed by apprentices.

“The whole electrical system – that was our design, we implemented it and it worked,” said Mark Walsh, 2017 WSU Everett Alumni. Said “We are on the brink of making history and all of our systems are about to lose to the Titanic. It feels great!” (Related: Titanic Submarine CEO Allegedly Used Intern to Design Submarine Electrical Systems)

In 2019, Rush commented on “very safe” regulations in the commercial sub-industry. Rush argued that strict regulations stifle innovation. Bart Kemper, a member of the Marine Technology Association, said Rush likely could have circumvented some regulations by deploying its submarines in high seas, where US law does not apply. according to insider.

On the other hand, David Rochridge, former director of ocean business at Oceangate, said: warned The company announced in 2018 that there was a “lack of non-destructive testing performed on Titan’s hull.” Rotchridge later sued the company, claiming he was wrongfully dismissed for causing concern.